tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post625715672167534664..comments2018-12-19T03:53:07.089+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Heinz ketchup no more, in HebrewRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-36423189670260452142015-08-21T07:17:52.236+03:002015-08-21T07:17:52.236+03:00But something is fishy here. They claim that Heinz...But something is fishy here. They claim that Heinz ketchup is less than 10% tomatoes? That&#39;s hard to believe. <br /><br />In fact, my bottle of Heinz has Tomato Concentrate as the first ingredient, followed by seven others ingredients. Since the ingredients must be listed in descending order by weight, mathematically the tomatoes must be at least 12.5%, and that&#39;s with assuming that they put in as much salt by weight as they do tomatoes!JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-25237309966271437622015-08-21T07:17:00.580+03:002015-08-21T07:17:00.580+03:00Garnel, that sounds like an urban myth. According ...Garnel, that sounds like an urban myth. According to wikipedia, ketchup is as old as catsup. <br /><br />It used to be that Heinz spelled it ketchup and Hunt&#39;s spelled it catsup. Hunt&#39;s eventually caved in and changed it to ketchup - but that was years and years agoJSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-33464222975144423372015-08-19T17:50:27.630+03:002015-08-19T17:50:27.630+03:00Brief history lesson: the red stuff is catsup. Sma...Brief history lesson: the red stuff is catsup. Small kids pronounce it ketchup. Heinz clued into this and if you go back far enough you&#39;ll see their stuff referred to as Heinz ketchup brand catsup. They patented term but eventually the patent ran out so now everyone calls it ketchup, riding on Heinz&#39; coattails. Osem&#39;s people are jerks. Everyone knows that Israeli ketchup sucks.Garnel Ironhearthttp://garnelironheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-22248546611986278152015-08-19T16:37:05.906+03:002015-08-19T16:37:05.906+03:00Wait, what? Osem has more tomato than Heinz? The...Wait, what? Osem has more tomato than Heinz? Then clearly it takes more than that to make a good ketchup. (And yes, it seems the accepted spellings evolved over time.)Mordechai Y. Scherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774262478551329181noreply@blogger.com